A Colorado woman has been convicted of murdering two young children and hiding their remains in a horrifying case that went unsolved for more than five years.
On August 27, 39-year-old Corena Minjarez was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder of a victim under 12 by a person in a position of trust and two counts of abuse of a corpse, according to reports from KKTV, KOAA, and The Pueblo Chieftain.
Prosecutors said Minjarez killed her boyfriend’s children, three-year-old Yesenia Dominguez and five-year-old Jesus Dominguez Jr., in 2018 and helped conceal their bodies. Authorities launched an investigation in early 2024 after receiving a tip about a Pueblo storage unit, leading to the chilling discovery of the children’s remains.
On January 22, police found Yesenia’s remains encased in concrete inside a metal container within the storage unit. Weeks later, on February 6, investigators uncovered Jesus Jr.’s remains stuffed inside a suitcase in the trunk of an abandoned car at a scrapyard. The vehicle was registered to Minjarez.
Shockingly, neither child had ever been reported missing. Their father, Jesus Dominguez Sr., was later arrested and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body, and abuse of a corpse as part of a plea deal requiring him to testify against Minjarez. He is set to be sentenced on September 12, 2025.
Minjarez was sentenced the same day as her conviction to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders and 120 days for the abuse-of-corpse charges, all to run concurrently.
During the trial, prosecutors presented damning evidence, including a receipt showing concrete purchased with Minjarez’s credit card and records linking the storage unit to her name. Her defense argued that she acted out of fear and love for Dominguez Sr., claiming he was ultimately responsible for the children’s deaths — but the jury wasn’t convinced.
Minjarez will spend the rest of her life behind bars.
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